Mining Right Application and Environmental Authorisation process on farm Hotazel 280 and York 279

The proposed Tawana Hotazel Mine (THM) is located approximately 1 km south-east of the town of Hotazel in the Northern Cape Province. The THM largely incorporates the historical Hotazel Manganese Mine (HMM), including the residual opencast void, surface dumps of low-grade material and the mothballed processing plant and rai l loadout facility. HMM stopped production in 1989. The area was historically mined by both opencast and underground means and yielded high grade manganese ore. All current plans for the project specifically exclude underground mining. The overall area applied for is approximately 154 Ha (inclusive of the MR application area and access road).

Surface infrastructure will include the opencast pit (incorporating the historical HMM void and further expansion of the opencast footprint), in-pit waste dumps (residue material), surface residue handling / storage, vehicle yard, workshop, access and haul roads, of f ices, stores, processing plant for the crushing and screening of mined ore, product stockpile area, run of mine pad, refuel bay and water management infrastructure.